Herrstein: the 2025 federal election result
In the federal election on 23 February 2025, AfD led in Herrstein with 36.1% of the second votes, CDU took 23.6%.
- Turnout43.9% · Birkenfeld (Wkr. 200) 80.6% · Germany 82.5%
- Voters291 of 663 eligible voters
- Stands out against Rhineland-PalatinateAfD +16.0 · CDU −7.0 · Grüne −5.4
- First votes: leadingAfD candidate
- Constituency200 Kreuznach
Postal votes were counted at collective-municipality level; polling-station votes only shown here.
Second votes in Herrstein
Shares in percent of valid second votes, deviation from the state result in points. Others: all parties not listed individually.
- AfD36.1%+16.0
- CDU23.6%-7.0
- SPD20.1%+1.5
- Linke5.2%-1.3
- Grüne4.9%-5.4
- BSW3.5%-0.7
- FDP3.1%-1.5
- Freie Wähler1.4%-0.7
- Volt0.3%-0.5
- Others1.7%-0.4
Change compared with the result in Rhineland-Palatinate.
| Party | Votes | Share | District | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfD | 104 | 36.1% | 26.0% | 20.1% (+16.0) | 20.8% (+15.3) |
| CDU | 68 | 23.6% | 29.3% | 30.6% (-7.0) | 22.6% (+1.0) |
| SPD | 58 | 20.1% | 20.0% | 18.6% (+1.5) | 16.4% (+3.7) |
| Linke | 15 | 5.2% | 5.3% | 6.5% (-1.3) | 8.8% (-3.6) |
| Grüne | 14 | 4.9% | 5.7% | 10.3% (-5.4) | 11.6% (-6.7) |
| BSW | 10 | 3.5% | 4.7% | 4.2% (-0.7) | 5.0% (-1.5) |
| FDP | 9 | 3.1% | 4.0% | 4.6% (-1.5) | 4.3% (-1.2) |
| Freie Wähler | 4 | 1.4% | 2.3% | 2.1% (-0.7) | – |
| Volt | 1 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% (-0.5) | – |
| Others | 5 | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.1% (-0.4) | 10.6% (-8.9) |
Source: Federal Returning Officer, 2025 federal election, results by polling district (file), final result, retrieved 7 Sep 2026, Data licence Germany, attribution 2.0. Municipal results are the sum of a municipality's polling districts including the postal-vote districts assigned to it. State and federal results: Federal Returning Officer, kerg2.csv, official final result. Compiled by wahlergebnisse.io.
Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen: overall result including postal votes
Postal votes in Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen are counted jointly for all 50 member municipalities and cannot officially be attributed to Herrstein. The figures above therefore show polling-station votes in Herrstein only. Below is the overall result of the association: polling-station votes of all members plus 5,702 postal voters, which is 37.3% of all votes.
- Turnout in the association84.5%
- Voters15,291 of 18,100 eligible voters
- Postal vote share37.3% · 5,702
- Member municipalities50
- CDU30.7%+7.1
- AfD24.4%-11.7
- SPD20.1%±0
- Grüne5.6%+0.7
- Linke4.9%-0.3
- FDP4.6%+1.5
- BSW4.6%+1.1
- Freie Wähler2.4%+1.0
- Volt0.6%+0.3
- Others2.0%+0.3
Change compared with polling-station votes in Herrstein.
| Party | Polling station Herrstein | Postal vote, association | Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 68 (23.6%) | 1,956 (34.5%) | 4,654 | 30.7% |
| AfD | 104 (36.1%) | 1,048 (18.5%) | 3,706 | 24.4% |
| SPD | 58 (20.1%) | 1,175 (20.7%) | 3,047 | 20.1% |
| Grüne | 14 (4.9%) | 354 (6.2%) | 850 | 5.6% |
| Linke | 15 (5.2%) | 262 (4.6%) | 750 | 4.9% |
| FDP | 9 (3.1%) | 257 (4.5%) | 700 | 4.6% |
| BSW | 10 (3.5%) | 288 (5.1%) | 703 | 4.6% |
| Freie Wähler | 4 (1.4%) | 156 (2.8%) | 364 | 2.4% |
| Volt | 1 (0.3%) | 40 (0.7%) | 93 | 0.6% |
| Others | 5 (1.7%) | 134 (2.4%) | 308 | 2.0% |
Member municipalities (polling-station votes only)
- AllenbachSPD 27.6%
- AsbachCDU 42.4%
- BergenCDU 31.1%
- Berschweiler bei KirnSPD 22.7%
- BollenbachCDU 34.4%
- BreitenthalCDU 39.3%
- BruchweilerCDU 26.5%
- BundenbachAfD 37.6%
- DickesbachAfD 29.7%
- FischbachAfD 28.3%
- GerachAfD 35.6%
- GösenrothCDU 28.7%
- GriebelschiedAfD 30.6%
- HausenSPD 30.5%
- HellertshausenAfD 31.9%
- HerbornCDU 28.5%
- HerrsteinAfD 36.1%
- HettenrodtCDU 41.2%
- HintertiefenbachCDU 32.1%
- HorbruchAfD 25.1%
- HottenbachCDU 32.9%
- KempfeldAfD 30.9%
- KirschweilerCDU 28.1%
- KrummenauAfD 38.9%
- MackenrodtCDU 33.5%
- MittelreidenbachCDU 32.8%
- MörschiedCDU 32.1%
- NiederhosenbachSPD 29.9%
- NiederwörresbachAfD 26.7%
- OberhosenbachCDU 27.6%
- OberkirnAfD 32.5%
- OberreidenbachCDU 26.7%
- OberwörresbachCDU 40.0%
- RhaunenAfD 49.1%
- SchaurenCDU 29.1%
- SchmidthachenbachCDU 30.6%
- SchwerbachGrüne 32.4%
- SensweilerCDU 31.0%
- SienCDU 30.5%
- SienhachenbachSPD 33.7%
- SonnschiedCDU 29.8%
- StipshausenCDU 29.6%
- SulzbachCDU 32.4%
- VeitsrodtCDU 36.7%
- VollmersbachCDU 44.1%
- WeidenAfD 34.0%
- WeitersbachCDU 38.1%
- WickenrodtCDU 47.9%
- WirschweilerAfD 37.9%
- LangweilerAfD 27.8%
Source: Federal Returning Officer, polling-district statistics; association total is our own calculation from polling-station and postal-vote districts.
Herrstein: location in the Birkenfeld district
All municipalities of the district, coloured by the strongest party of the second votes. Herrstein highlighted, the other members of Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen shown half-transparent. Tap to open a neighbouring municipality.